This article illustrates the potential of coupling a business process management system (BPMS) and LIMS, was presented in Part 1 of this paper (Am. Lab. 2014, 46[4], 26–9). Part 2 highlights the
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Antibiotics are frequently added to cell culture media; the greatest benefit to this is that it suppresses contamination. However, routine use of antibiotics is associated with the development of ... read more

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), on average, it takes
between 18 and 36 months to develop and implement a new regulation, trailing
the pace of science. As a ... read more

Key protein complexes are fundamental to a wide range of cellular processes and key metabolic pathways within the body. Their dysfunction is associated with a range of disease pathologies such as ... read more

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has become one of the most important solvents used for high-throughput screening (HTS) and compound management applications due to its ability to readily dissolve a wide ... read more

Cell and molecular biology become more integral pieces of the modern drug discovery process on a seemingly daily basis. Monitoring the interaction of cells and internal cellular activity provides ... read more

Over the past decade, advances in genomic- and proteomic-based research techniques and instrumentation have resulted in major breakthroughs in the elucidation of the structure and function of disease ... read more

Most commonly, laboratory automation involves a few hundred wells run for a specific purpose.
SLAS 2013, the meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, was held at the Gaylord ... read more

The second annual meeting of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS 2013), held January 12–16, attracted 3800 scientists and engineers to the Gaylord Hotel in Orlando, FL for an ... read more

Up to an estimated 70% of medical decisions are based on laboratory test results. Yet, while diagnostic testing is a critically important step toward improving health-care outcomes, many labs remain ... read more

Lyophilization is often the preferred
method of sample drying because a high level of dryness is achieved with low residual solvent levels, and because of the light, powdery, “fluffy” finish of the ... read more

Errors in automated liquid handling can have a significant impact on data integrity. Since automated liquid handling is a relatively new and rapidly
advancing technology, standardized verification ... read more

Due to the growing interest in the comparative analysis of biological samples in the fields of biomarker discovery and metabolomics, the complexity of samples faced by researchers is greater than ever... read more

Coal-fired utilities have long carried the stigma of being the largest contributor of anthropogenic mercury emissions, which, in 1999, caused the U.S. EPA to initiate the Information Collection ... read more